#03 A Great and Mighty Wonder arr. James Whitbourn King's College Cambridge 2009

[danburns79]

This arrangement of A Great and Mighty Wonder is beautiful. Does anyone know of a recording (apart from this one--i.e., CD or mp3) of this setting?

[eltrompo83]

@danburns79 I have a two disc set of King's College Choir doing this song. I believe the title of the CD is "Noel"

[danburns79]

@eltrompo83 Thanks!

[MandyJMaddison]

The words to Es ist ein rose entsprungegen say (approximately) that a rose (ie a rosebush) has sprung forth from the root of Jesse (father of King David) just as the prophet Isaiah had said. From the rose has grown a bud, a liitle child, without spoiling the perfection of the rose. This child is created by the word of God and has come to overthrow darkeness, sin and death.

[MandyJMaddison]

Praetorius wrote the tune

[bryn61213]

there are a lot of attractive guys this year :)

[stargazer7040610]

It's not the same. A Great and Mighty Wonder is 1,000 years older. It was used by St Germanicus to teach the pagan tribes Christianity. Es Ist Ein Ros Enstrpungen was written to the tune of "Wonder" in the 17th century by Praetorious

[x8lover]

It is the same - just in English

[shirarasunami]

sounds like Er ist ein rose entsprungen...I think that's how it's written. Is it essentially the same tune with different words?